Genovese was known for street crime and violence to get what he wanted. “He was more on the thug side of organized crime,” ...

But Genovese wasn’t around for long. In 1937, the year after he was naturalized an American citizen, Genovese fled New York because he was named a suspect in the 1934 murder of Ferdinand Boccia.

"The Alto Knights" begins with a bang in 1957. Frank, the big boss of the Luciano crime family, is shot in the lobby of his New York apartment building.

US media reported the 53-year-old's death marked the first murder of a New York mob boss in 34 years, since the death of Paul Castellano -- another Gambino family boss -- by order of John Gotti.